: ::::: We have inherited a wonderfully elegant tool in this language. In a recent communication to a member of the PF, we compared the 'open system' that is English to the other European languages which have different structures. This language invites new concepts, new uses for words and is a language that supports and promotes invention and progres.
: As those who guard other languages attempt to keep their language 'pure' they fall behind in technology and the ability to progres intellectually and give names to the thoughts it takes to expand imagination and consciousness.
: English is difficult because of this very openness and the wide ranging nature of its scope. Phrases are shorthand for all of us, and how very effective --- if maddening to non native speakers.

Some examples of fine writing skills that I came across today:

From the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader in print and online, January 6, 2004:
"The biggest chunk of the so-called 'restricted' funds tapped yesterday, $31.5 million, came from 35 accounts in the restructured Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet. That cabinet OVERSEAS the insurance department, many boards and commissions, natural resources and surface mining."

And from an online story about a singer's 55-hour marriage:
"Alexander said he and Spears hatched the idea to get hitched early Saturday morning. 'We was just chillin' at the room, and we was in Las Vegas, and we were sitting in the room, and we were like, 'Let's go do something. You know, let's go get married,' Alexander told 'Inside Edition' in an interview."